Lunch/Dinner

Griddled Chicken with Papaya Salsa

Description

This chicken recipe brings the humble chicken breast alive! I love chicken but sometimes it really can be a little bland and a little dry. This salsa gets better by the hour so I try to chop this quickly in the morning and then it's ready to dollop when I'm ready to eat later. Get it out of the fridge and leave it to reach room temperature whilst you flatten and griddle the chicken.

You could change the papaya to mango, peach or nectarine, the sweeter the better. However, papayas are a great aid for digestion. They contain a wonderful enzyme called papain and they also have a high fiber and water content. These all assist with preventing constipation and promoting a healthy digestive tract, so it's well worth including them in your diet.

Recipe & Instructions

Serves 4:
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients
4x 7oz Chicken Breasts, flattened to ½" thickness
Salt and Pepper to Season
1 tsp Olive Oil
½ Lime Juice

1 medium ripe Papaya
1 Red Chili, seeds removed, finely chopped
1 cup of Cucumber
½ Red Onion
1 lime, zest
½ Lime, Juice
1 cup of Baby Plum Tomatoes
1 bunch of Coriander
½ tsp Salt


Instructions
To prepare, drizzle the oil over the chicken breasts and rub in with the lime zest, sea salt and pepper. Leave to one side.

Peel and remove the seeds from the papaya. Chop into small dice and place into a bowl with the chili. De-seeds and peel the cucumber and add to the papaya. Halve and finely slice the red onion, chop the plum tomatoes into small pieces, roughly chop the coriander and also add to the papaya. Mix all together, adding the lime, lime zest and salt.

Heat a griddle pan until really hot. Place the chicken onto the griddle and cook f0r 6-7 minutes on both sides until just cooked and with dark griddle lines. Leave to rest for a few minutes.

Place the chicken on plates and divide the salsa over each. Serve with a green salad.

Nutritional Value

Calories Per Serving: 208
Protein: 26.3g
Carbohydrate: 7.8g
Fat 7.7g